Chasing Cheerios

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Easy Dulce De Leche...Argentina!

The girls and I made dulce de leche a couple of weeks ago, and it is absolutely deeeelicious!!! It was also super simple to make! The only ingredient is a can of sweetened condensed milk! We took the label off the can and put it in a deep pot of water (at least 4 inches of water covered the can at all times...evidently, it will explode if it is ever uncovered). We boiled the can for 4 hours. After it cooled, we opened the can on both ends and the dulce de leche slid out....sooo good! We put it on vanilla ice-cream and then sandwiched it between 2 shortbread cookies to make alfajores.

This is really as easy as it looks... my husband's dad was from Argentina and we make it every once in a while, supposedly just to put inside alfajores. (but not all of it gets inside the cookies! :) )

He taught me to flip the can every half hour or so, and add a little water once in a while to make sure it's covered. SO delicious!

hello! you don´t need to boil the can that much, boil it for one hour and flip the can and wait 1 more hour. You should try the dulce de leche with panqueques! (panqueques are like crepes, the recipe includes flour, eggs,an vanilla scent. I am from Argentina :)

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Welcome to Chasing Cheerios! I am a mostly stay at home mom (I work 45 days per year as a School Psychologist) of 2 girls and wife to Elliott. "O" is 6 years old, and "E" is 2. We love to do Montessori inspired activities with our girls as well as fun art, science, nature, and cooking projects. I also love to make things with and for my girls. Please contact me with any questions at ChasingCheerios@gmail.com

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